Japan turns over irrigation system facilities in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo

December 20, 2018

The Embassy of Japan’s Minister Makoto Iyori on December 3 participated in the turnover ceremony of the Sta. Barbara River Irrigation System under the National Irrigation Sector Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (NISRIP) in Iloilo, with National Irrigation Administrator Ricardo Visaya and JICA Senior

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Stocks, peso end lower

December 20, 2018

Stocks ended lower on Thursday,  with the Philippine Stock Exchange index settling at 7, 563,41 points, down 16.21 points. In the broader market, there were 117 gainers, 78 decliners and 42 shares unchanged. Volume reached 875.14 million shares worth P5.88

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Palace welcomes report on high gender equality ranking by WEF

December 20, 2018

Malacanang on Thursday said the Duterte administration believes in the competence and capability of women.   This after the Philippines placed eighth as the most gender equal nation in Asia based on the latest World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender

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Lorenzana wants provisions of Mutual Defense Treaty with US reviewed

December 20, 2018

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana wants provisions of the country’s 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the United States reviewed due to security concerns in the South China Sea. “We are going to (review it)… we’ll need to look at the provisions

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Kintanar to head Philippine Coconut Authority

December 20, 2018

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said President Rodrigo Duterte is looking at putting former Air Force chief Gen. Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr. as the administrator of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).   “There is still no official (statement), it looks like

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Police arrest suspected terrorist in General Santos City

December 20, 2018

Police arrested a suspected member of the Ansar Khalifa Philippines (AKP) Islamic militant group  in Dadiangas East, General Santos City  on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Jamio Sala alias Jamiung, was nabbed by policemen in Barangay Dadiangas East at around 7:30 p.m., according

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Palace assures four convicted Chinese will not get “special treatment”

December 20, 2018

Malacanang assured the public the four Chinese convicted for operating a floating shabu in Subic will not received “special treatment” from authorities.   “We assure the public that no special treatment will be accorded to the four Chinese drug convicts

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Palace says UN rapporteur comments ”reckless”

December 20, 2018

Malacanang on Thursday said United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights defenders Michel Forst’s statement about the administration’s war on illegal drugs is not only “reckless but irresponsible.”   “The recent call of United Nations Special Rapporteur

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